Yeah I'm not saying BBs and OBP aren't important but generally you want your best hitters to hit the ball. Dusty just isn't good with words and gets hammered by the internet crowd. I don't think he is a particularly good manager but he isn't as bad as people like to make him out to be. He is spot on about aggressive play to. Look at the whole TB/NYY thing. 50 years ago that was normal baseball. The game has changed and not necessarily all for the better (I would imagine you would agree having grown up on baseball?). It's more about commercialism and show now. I absolutely hate how MLB has altered the rules to make the HR more prevalent, I miss the chess match that was NL baseball not so long ago.